Blue Square Energy has succeeded in producing a Bright Point technology silicon solar test cell with 14.6% percent conversion efficiency. BSE claims this “efficiency result is one of the highest in the world on upgraded metallurgical grade (UMG) silicon and has been verified independently by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).”

Per Mr. Babin, former BSE CEO Jeff Barnett began to view the situation with a fresh perspective and agreed to an executive management change while retaining his seat on the BSE Board of Directors.

In addition, Dr. Allen Barnett’s visionary role at BSE has been fortified. Mr. Babin said Dr. Barnett is motivated to achieve the successful commercialization of Bright Point technology through active participation. Retaining his Consultant title and seat on the BSE Board or Directors, Dr. Barnett has been named to the just created Blue Square Energy Technical Advisory Board. Former University of Delaware colleague, Dr. Christiana Honsberg, now a Professor of Electrical Engineering with Arizona State University, is also a member of the BSE Technical Advisory Board, and BSE is recruiting a third board member.

During the internal management conflict, Mr. Babin claims BSE took care to keep the core technical team in tact. In addition, some technical team members that chose to leave BSE may return to the new organization. Mr. Babin recognizes the challenges his team faces bringing Bright Point silicon solar cells to market and admitted those efforts were “delayed a year” at this point. However, Mr. Babin said the time had been used to redesign production equipment and teased about additional product and performance announcements in the near future beyond the consistent Bright Point silicon solar test cell results.

As a matter of routine, I asked Mr. Babin who was the source of the 4N UMG silicon used in Bright Point? Jiawei Solarchina was his response. Jiawei Solarchina claims to have: